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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Catherine Moore |Abigail Taylor
McIlroy's hometown is buzzing with his Holywood endingCatherine Moore & Abigail TaylorReutersMcIlroy and his caddie Harry Diamond are both from the County Down townThe town in County Down has always been proud of local boy Rory McIlroy but it has reached a whole new level after his dramatic win on Sunday. He finally joined a select club of just six golfers to achieve the career Grand Slam with victory in the Masters. The boy from Holywood received his Hollywood ending, and the town is buzzing.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Mark Simpson |Catherine Moore
Connswater 'more a community centre' than shopping centreMark Simpson and Catherine MooreBBCCormac McAteer, who owns a coffee shop in the centre, said he was "heartbroken"Connswater Shopping Centre in east Belfast is to close on Friday after more than 40 years in business. Footfall has been in decline in recent years with only 20 commercial tenants left in the 52-unit centre.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
ncmedicaljournal.com | Brooke N. Lombardi |Catherine Moore |Connor Sullivan |Haley Simons
IntroductionEnsuring access to oral health care services in North Carolina requires an adequately trained and distributed workforce. In 2022, there were 5,887 active dentists and 6,474 active dental hygienists in North Carolina, accounting for 5.5 dentists and 6.1 dental hygienists per 10,000 population.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
microbiologyresearch.org | Emily Goldstein |Catherine Moore |Tanya Curran |Rory Gunson
Article metrics loading... /content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.001923References Yang S, Rothman RE. PCR-based diagnostics for infectious diseases: uses, limitations, and future applications in acute-care settings. Lancet Infect Dis 2004; 4:337–348 [View Article] [PubMed][Google Scholar] Brendish NJ, Poole S, Naidu VV, Mansbridge CT, Norton NJ et al.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
nature.com | Catherine Moore |Elise M. Weerts
AbstractThe neurohormone oxytocin (OT) has been proposed as a treatment for alcohol and nicotine use disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine whether intravenous (IV) OT decreases alcohol oral self-administration and consumption in nonhuman primates under a 6-h alcohol access procedure as well as alcohol and nicotine (IV) self-administration under 6-h concurrent access conditions.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Catherine Moore
'Everyone's on a high': Armagh gears up for finalBy Catherine Moore, BBC News NIBBCPeadar McLoughlin is a member of Shane O’Neill's GAC in CamloughFlags and bunting are beginning to appear across the Orchard County as Armagh gears up for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. The county produced a dramatic comeback to beat Kerry 1-18 to 1-16 after extra time in a dramatic semi-final at Croke Park on Saturday.
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May 26, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Catherine Moore
'How we stay responsible as boozy brunches boom'Catherine Moore,BBC News NIBBCKate McNally said Haymarket has measures in place to ensure it can run bottomless brunches responsiblyA boom in the popularity of bottomless brunches is providing a welcome boost to the hospitality industry but must be handled responsibly, it has been warned.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Catherine Moore
Armagh Observatory targets world heritage statusBy Catherine MooreBBC News NIArmagh Observatory and PlanetariumArmagh Observatory and Planetarium has ambitious plansIrish government funding could be the "start of a long journey" for Armagh Observatory to obtain Unesco World Heritage Status, the observatory's director has said. On Tuesday, €800m (£685m) was announced for cross-border projects.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Catherine Moore |Kevin Sharkey
A strike beginning at midnight will cause extensive disruption across the public transport network on Friday. The 24-hour industrial action over pay has been called from Friday at 00:01 GMT. It will affect Ulsterbus, Metro, Glider and Goldliner services, along with train services and includes school buses. Unite, GMB and SIPTU union members voted in favour of the strike over what they have described as a "pay freeze".
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Parents of Northern Ireland children with cystic fibrosis (CF) say they are worried by a recommendation to remove access to three drugs to treat it. Draft guidance from the UK's healthcare advice body says that Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio are too expensive to be recommended for use on the NHS. Alice Colvin, whose son George, two, has CF, hoped Kaftrio would help him. "You think your child is going to get this amazing drug and then it's snatched away from you," she said.
